請命

Chinese

		to ask; to invite; please (do something) to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request	life; fate
trad. (請命)		請	命
simp. (请命)		请	命

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐngmìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing² ming⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhéng-bēng / chhéng-miā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐngmìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐngmìng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻing³-ming⁴
    • Yale: chǐng-mìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiingminq
    • Palladius: цинмин (cinmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing² ming⁶
    • Yale: chíng mihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing² ming⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing² ming⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ³⁵ mɪŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng-bēng
    • Tâi-lô: tshíng-bīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhefngbeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ biɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ biɪŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhéng-miā
    • Tâi-lô: tshíng-miā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhefngmia
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ miã³³/

Verb

請命

1. to plead on somebody's behalf
2. (archaic) to ask the higher authorities for instructions